@NigelL You can take notes with an iPad. I think it'd actually be easier than using handwriting recognition. I know I prefer typing on my iPhone over writing on my old Palm Pilot Pro. Plus, it would presumably hold their books, and allow them to surf the web for research while in class. That sounds like something that someone can USE. No matter how snarky you say it, it's not the useless doorstop you imply.
@gllopc While I agree you can take notes on a software keyboard and that it is better than using handwriting recognition, I personally find a real keyboard the fastest and easiest way for me type. In school, I would prefer using a laptop over a tablet any day for typing notes simply because it is faster. [as a side note, this program also gives students a macbook, so that would probably be used more for typing, although most college students already have a laptop they use for this, making this program essentially moot.]
I doubt anyone can outtype a touch typist on a laptop/netbook. In classes where you need to write thousands of words every period, while looking at the slides and listening to the prof, staring at your software keyboard is a deterrent at the least.
While its tablet world topping pixel density, Tegra 2 silicon, and fresh to death OS certainly sound awesome, we had to get our grubby mitts on one to see if it's as good as its spec sheet would have us believe.
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I'll take a really TabletPC with a stylus/digitizer and keyboard that I can USE to take notes, thanks.
@NigelL You can take notes with an iPad. I think it'd actually be easier than using handwriting recognition. I know I prefer typing on my iPhone over writing on my old Palm Pilot Pro. Plus, it would presumably hold their books, and allow them to surf the web for research while in class. That sounds like something that someone can USE. No matter how snarky you say it, it's not the useless doorstop you imply.
@gllopc While I agree you can take notes on a software keyboard and that it is better than using handwriting recognition, I personally find a real keyboard the fastest and easiest way for me type. In school, I would prefer using a laptop over a tablet any day for typing notes simply because it is faster. [as a side note, this program also gives students a macbook, so that would probably be used more for typing, although most college students already have a laptop they use for this, making this program essentially moot.]
@NigelL
You can't type on it without looking at it. Hence, horrible for classroom notes.
@gllopc
I doubt anyone can outtype a touch typist on a laptop/netbook. In classes where you need to write thousands of words every period, while looking at the slides and listening to the prof, staring at your software keyboard is a deterrent at the least.